It is not a consolation but at least we now know what led most likely to the recent large-scale deaths of the tiger sharks of the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area

The biggest humpback whale calving area in the southern hemisphere will be protected within a new marine park to be created on the Kimberley coast by the West Australian government.

The new application absorbs scientific data on whales as they traverse the offshore waters and plots their general location on an easy-to-read nautical map.

Regional and national entities are urged to create a comprehensive network of MPAs that will preserve these underwater jewels.

The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation will support the expansion of the Abrolhos Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network, which could create the largest network of protect areas on the eastern coast of the Americas.

Oregon's Legislature appears poised to add three no-fishing marine reserves off the coast, designating what amounts to 38-square-miles of ocean wilderness despite continued concerns from fishing groups, OregonLive.com reports

Egypt’s coral reefs contribute roughly between a third and a quarter of the country’s total tourist revenues. However, very little of this income is reinvested in the country’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

New marine protected areas (MPAs) went into effect Jan. 1, 2012 from Point Conception in Santa Barbara County to the U.S./Mexico border.

Tiny fish larvae can drift on ocean currents and "re-seed" fish populations more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) away, according to researchers.

New regulations to protect the great white shark are now in effect in NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary